diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index ca7196c40060..8a79cfcac889 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2890,7 +2890,7 @@ static int vxlan_dev_configure(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	memcpy(&vxlan->cfg, conf, sizeof(*conf));
 	if (!vxlan->cfg.dst_port) {
 		if (conf->flags & VXLAN_F_GPE)
-			vxlan->cfg.dst_port = 4790; /* IANA assigned VXLAN-GPE port */
+			vxlan->cfg.dst_port = htons(4790); /* IANA VXLAN-GPE port */
 		else
 			vxlan->cfg.dst_port = default_port;
 	}